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SUN Solaris The Solaris Operating System, usually known simply as Solaris, is a free Unix-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems .

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Old 08-27-2007
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Hi I am very new for Solaris, I want to make some users' passwords never expired. My ssytem kernel is: 5.8
# uname -a
SunOS sspfs_svr 5.8 Generic_117000-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-240

Could you make some advice?
Thanks
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use the "admintool" and set the required settings... (you need a X forwarding!)
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i think it is defined in /etc/default/passwd

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- PRESSY
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passwd -n -1 <username>
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Old 08-29-2007
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Code:
passwd -n -1 <username>
reborg,
it didn t work ?

output is:

Code:
# uname -a
SunOS sspfs_svr 5.8 Generic_117000-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-240
# passwd -n -1 limaint
passwd: Invalid argument to option -n
Invalid argument to option
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Old 08-29-2007
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I think it must be
passwd -x -1 <username>
to turn off password aging.

Code:
# passwd -x -1 <username>
passwd: password information changed for <username>
is it a reasonable solution
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